Re: atomic

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1194031244.692150.315610_at_57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 1, 6:24 pm, paul c <toledobythe..._at_ooyah.ac> wrote:
> > Roy Hann wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Two indentical-looking tuples can mean entirely different things. I
can
> > > think of any number of meanings for {Roy, 47}. Maybe it's my name and
age.
> > > Or my name and the number of illegitimate children I have. Or maybe
it's my
> > > father's name and his house number. Who knows, until I tell you?
> >
> > > Roy
> >
> > I'm still looking for an example of a predicate that uses RVA's where an
> > empty RVA in a tuple makes sense.
>
> I suspect that makes sense to me might not to you ;-) but I'll toss
> out an optional list of keywords in a predicate as a possible empty
> RVA in a tuple. Another example is OtherLastNames, FormerLastNames or
> AliasLastNames. One row in the tuple might include only a "maiden
> name" for a person, another might have two other last names used by
> this person (other than the value of LastName in this row) and a third
> might be the empty set. HTH --dawn
>

AHA! I knew that mentioning pizza toppings would cause you to uncloak! Received on Fri Nov 02 2007 - 21:05:51 CET